Advanced Health Care Assistant - Urology

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Job description

The Senior Health Care Assistant is a member of a multidisciplinary Departmental team who undertakes duties in relation to patient care and department administration, in the Acute Hospital setting.

Delegated work and duties will be assigned and carried out under the direct and indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse in accordance with the competencies laid down for NVQ Level 2. Where additional skills training is identified as required in the job description the post holder will not undertake those duties until training has been undertaken (except as part of the supervised learning experience).

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support patients attending for consultation, examinations and procedures.
2. Provide assistance to Clinical Nurse Specialist and medical staff in preparation and delivery of care to patients undergoing Urological procedures and investigations.
3. Carry out assessment of patients' urological requirements as well as utilizing (after appropriate training) equipment to undertake more complex assessments.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Gillian Clark
Job title: Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 03033 302993

Wendy Gammons
Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Telephone number: 03033 304401